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right solution for virginia's health care challenges. on and on and on again. this is not the right bill for america. this costs $1 trillion, raises half a trillion in taxes and cuts medicare by half a trillion dollars. vote no on this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. spratt: for purposes of unanimous consent request i yield to the gentlelady from new york, ms. loy. mrs. lowey: i rise in support of this bill and ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. mr. spratt: for purposes of a unanimous consent request, i yield to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. payne. mr. payne: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend in support of this great health care reform bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. spratt: for purposes of unanimous consent request i yield to the gentleman from florida, mr. grayson. mr. grayson: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in support of this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. spratt: for purposes of a unanimou
right solution for virginia's health care challenges. on and on and on again. this is not the right bill for america. this costs $1 trillion, raises half a trillion in taxes and cuts medicare by half a trillion dollars. vote no on this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from south carolina. mr. spratt: for purposes of unanimous consent request i yield to the gentlelady from new york, ms. loy. mrs. lowey: i rise in support of this bill and ask unanimous consent to revise...
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host: winchester, virginia. caller: good morning, i would like to thank c-span for givering us the opportunity to voice our pns and be involved in the political process. go you bet, sir. go ahead. caller: as in our own civil war, the repercusions went on for 20 to 30 years. that's given just by history on our own part. as far as iraq goes, i have to kind of commend george bush for keeping the terrorists out of the united states as a diversion. i would like to hear an opinion on that. this is -- this has been played down for many year. . . al qaeda was not in iraq before the american vision. to go in and destroy another country in response to an attack on this country, i am not sure that that was a good course for a wise course. host: he is the author of a couple of books, including this one, "the gamble, general petraeus and the american military adventures in iraq." petraeus and the american military in iraq." what will turn out be like? guest: that is what the questions. host: south carolina. democratic line.
host: winchester, virginia. caller: good morning, i would like to thank c-span for givering us the opportunity to voice our pns and be involved in the political process. go you bet, sir. go ahead. caller: as in our own civil war, the repercusions went on for 20 to 30 years. that's given just by history on our own part. as far as iraq goes, i have to kind of commend george bush for keeping the terrorists out of the united states as a diversion. i would like to hear an opinion on that. this is --...
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of life, would not have been done without the support of the colleagues with me today and our west virginia colleagues. i am pleased to announce we have an agreement, and with the help of the president, there is the sanctity of life in the health- care reform. we have all stood on principle. this is a principle we have stood forward from when we first -- we do not want any public funding for abortion. we expect in language to apply throughout the health-care bill. we wanted to see health-care reform, but this meant more to us than anything, and you have to continue to be more principal -- the moral principle of protecting unborn children. this is a sacred promise. i am pleased to say, we have. the president has announced he will be signing an executive order. that executive order will be signed after the health-care legislation as it refers back. this is to reinforce the principle belief that we all stood on, no public funding for abortion. there has been some questions raised by different groups, that in the health-care reform package, somehow, someway, abortions to be performed at communi
of life, would not have been done without the support of the colleagues with me today and our west virginia colleagues. i am pleased to announce we have an agreement, and with the help of the president, there is the sanctity of life in the health- care reform. we have all stood on principle. this is a principle we have stood forward from when we first -- we do not want any public funding for abortion. we expect in language to apply throughout the health-care bill. we wanted to see health-care...
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which means that even when he is on the ground, he likes to drive fast in his corvette around northern virginia. you have probably seen him at the annual harley days football game, riding his bike around the building. he is well known in the washington, d.c area for writing that bike during the rolling thunder run, when hundreds of thousands of bikers converge on the nation's capital on memorial day and ride together to show support for the efforts to find veterans who are still missing from our past conflicts. when the general was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, he always wrote his harley in and rode around with those who are supporting the veterans. i am not a biker myself, but i can appreciate the intelligence that general myers gathered on the road. i recently found a document that i swiftly declassified so i could share it with you. that is one of the things i do. [laughter] it was called "richards rules of the road." it contained a number of nuggets of wisdom distilled over the ages, such as, when you are writing in the lead, do not spit. well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck
which means that even when he is on the ground, he likes to drive fast in his corvette around northern virginia. you have probably seen him at the annual harley days football game, riding his bike around the building. he is well known in the washington, d.c area for writing that bike during the rolling thunder run, when hundreds of thousands of bikers converge on the nation's capital on memorial day and ride together to show support for the efforts to find veterans who are still missing from...
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independents voted overwhelmingly republican for governor in new jersey and virginia and for senator brown, the new republican senator from massachusetts in a special election. host: next to michigan. welcome to the program. caller: good morning. i just wanted to comment. democrats won the last election. obama is our presidents, and i have heard nothing but derogatory statements about him and his administration. i would vote for a dog catcher before i would vote for a republican. i am basically an independent. i have voted for republicans and i have voted for democrats. this deal is destroying our country. guest: obviously democrats hope that voters like that caller show up in great numbers. if they show up in larger than expected numbers in noffer, maybe democrats can cut those losses. i do think, though, they are headed for losses. it is almost inevitible given the historic imperative for mid-termñx elections. elections are cyclical. they are like the economy, they are like life. they are cyclical. they have had two strong democratic years. we are likely to have a strong democrati
independents voted overwhelmingly republican for governor in new jersey and virginia and for senator brown, the new republican senator from massachusetts in a special election. host: next to michigan. welcome to the program. caller: good morning. i just wanted to comment. democrats won the last election. obama is our presidents, and i have heard nothing but derogatory statements about him and his administration. i would vote for a dog catcher before i would vote for a republican. i am basically...